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ABRAHAM BOTKIN, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 512,941, dated January16, 1894.

Application filed March 1, 1893. Serial No. 464,157. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM BOTKIN, of New York city, in the county andState of New York, have invented a new and Improved Combined Trunk, Bed,Table, and Chair, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to an article of furniture which embodies a trunkcapable of use as such, a bed, and a seat or chair, and the top of thetrunk is so constructed that it may be utilized as a table whenrequired.

Another object of the invention is to construct the'article of furniturein such a manner that it will be convenient of manipulation, and wherebywhen it is in condition for transportation it will have the appearanceof an ordinary trunk.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming apart ofthis specification, in which similar figures and letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a partial side elevation and partial sectional view of thearticle of furniture, showing the top of the trunk opened out for thesupport of the bed. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the article of furniture asit appears in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on the line3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a central vertical transverse section throughthe trunk when it is folded for transportation. Fig. 5 is an enlargedperspective view of one end of the article of furniture when it is inposition for use as a bed, the view being enlarged to show theconstruction of the bedstead. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one cornerof the article of furniture, illustrating the top elevated so as to forma table, and illustrating the manner in which the top is held in itselevated position. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of one corner of thetrunk body and top, showing the manner in which the top is connectedwith the body. Fig. 8 is a section taken through the body, on the line8-8 in Fig. 10, showing the manner in which the seat is connectedtherewith and operated. Fig. 9

and elevated, and also illustrating the seat withdrawn from the body;and Fig. 10 is a perspective view of the trunk body and top when thelatter is supported in position for use as a table.

The body portion A of the device, is constructed substantially like thebody of atrunk, and the top of the body is usually closed by a lid 10.The front and back of the body A, are usually made quite thick, in orderthat in the rear side portion, near each end, a vertical channel oropening 11 may be produced for the reception of posts 12. The openingsare usually rectangular in cross section, and the posts are ofcorrespondingly shaped cross sectional contour. The posts are capable ofsliding freely in the openings, and each post isprovided with a latch13, as shown in Fig. 6, whereby it may be held at its upper portion somedistance above the body portion A.

In Fig. 6 the form of latch is a strip of spring metal attached to thepost, which when the post is slid downward is closed in tight to it, butwhen the post is moved upward a sufficient distance to free the plate,the lower end of the strip will spring outward and rest upon the topedge of the body.

The top B of the device is connected directly with the tops of the posts12, and this connection is effected through the medium of hinges 14, oneleaf of each hinge beingsecured to the under face of the cover, as shownin Fig. 7. The other leaf of each hinge is secured to the top of theposts 12. Thus when the cover is raised the posts are carried in thesame direction.

The cover B, is preferably made in three sections, comprising an innerbase section 15 and two upper sections 16 and 17, the upper sectionsbeinghinged to the end portions of the base section and the two uppersections when folded over the base section to a positive contacttherewith, have an interlocking connection over the center of thebase,as shown in the drawings. Ordinarily the inner ends of the topsections 16 and 17 are beveled, so that one end will fit neatly over theother. When the upper sections of the cover are folded upon the basesection, the top apparently is the same as the top of an ordinary trunk;but the depth of the top may be vaned as occasion may demand.

The top B, is preferably provided with a keeper 18, to engage with anordinary lock, located in the body A, but any form of lock may beemployed to secure the cover in a closed position upon the body, aslocks 19 of any approved type are likewise used to lock the upperportion of the coverin a folded position upon the base section. When thetop is folded out, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, it is adapted to hold amattress and constitute a bed, and to that end a head board 20, ispivoted in one section of the cover, for example, the outer section 17,near the outer end of that section, and a foot board 21, is pivoted in acorresponding manner in the other foldlng section 16, as is likewiseshown in Figs. 1 and 2. The head and foot boards are of such shape thatwhen not required for use they may be folded down within the sections towhich they are pivoted, as shown in Fig. 4:. Likewise, both the base andthe top or outer sections 16 and 17 of the cover are provided with aseries of springs 22, the springs being attached to what is the bottomportion of all of the cover sections when the sections are folded outfor use as a bed; and upon these springs, the mattress, which may bequite thin, is placed, the springs supporting the mattress, and the endsof the mattress are made to approach the head and foot boards 20 and 21when the latter are carried up to a vertical position.

When the bed is not needed the mattress may be removed and the head andfoot boards are folded within the cover sections. The two top sections16 and 17, are then folded over upon the base section of the cover andlocked to the base, as shown in Fig. 4c. The entire cover may now bethrown backward in like manner to an ordinary trunk, and the contents ofthe trunk may be readily viewed or removed by raising the lid 10. Itwill be understood that if in practice it is found advisable, the coversections may be made deep enough to admit of a thin mattress remainingtherein upon the springs when the sections are folded one upon theother.

When it is desired to utilize the cover of the device as a table, thecover 13 is lifted up, carrying the posts with it, until the latches 13,find a bearing upon the upper edge of the body, as shown in Fig. 6, andthen the forward portion of the cover is supported by means of a leg 31,which is preferably fitted upon the top central portion of the lid 10,and this leg may be given a T-shape, as shown in Fig. 9. If in practiceit is found desirable an additional leg 32, may be hinged to the centralunder portion of the cover to support that portion of it when thecoveris to be elevated and used as a table.

In addition to the trunk, table and bed above described, a seat D, isadded in the construction of the device, and this seat forms a portionof the body section A. To that end, at one corner of the front portionof the body, in the front face thereof a recess 33, is produced. At thetop portion of the recess a panel 34:, is hinged, the said panel beingso connected with the upper wall of the recess that it is capable ofbeing dropped to a perpendicular position and of completely filhng andhiding the recess 33. When the panel is in its perpendicular position itis flush with the front face of the body A, as shown 1n Fig. 10.

Near the lower edge of the panel two legs 35, are pivoted. These legswhen m use support the panel when in a horizontal positlon, producingthereby a comfortable seat as shown in Figs. 8 and 9. When the seat isnot in use the legs are folded up to an engagement with the under faceof the panel, and when the panel enters its recess 33 the legs enterdeeper recesses 36, produced in the perpendicular wall of the mainrecess 33.

An article of furniture constructed as above set forth is exceedinglyconvenient, as for example, when used by a traveling salesman a bed maybe readily made up when hotelaccommodations are not to be had or aredifficult to obtain; and, further, the cover of the device may beelevated to form a table upon which to display samples, while a seat 1salso provided, enabling the person displaying the samples, or lookingthem over, to rest while cloing so.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent-- 1. An article of manufacture, compr sing mainly abody and cover, the cover having a hinged and a verticallyslidingconnection with the body, and the latter being adapted for usefor the storage of articles, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

2. An article of the character described, comprising a body adapted foruse for the storage of articles, posts constructed to sllde within thebody, a cover having a hinged connection with the said posts, and meansfor holding the posts in position, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

3. An article of the character described, comprising a body adapted foruse for the storage of articles, posts constructed to slide within thebody, a cover having a hinged connection with the said posts, latchesfor holding the posts in position, and a pivoted leg adapted to extendbetween the body and the cover to support the latter at its forward end,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. An article of the character described, comprising a body adapted foruse for the storage of articles, a cover capable of a vertical movementin relation to the body and having a hinged connection therewith, and aseat provided with folding legs and pivoted to the body to enter arecess provided in the outer face thereof, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

5. An article of the characterdescribed, comprising a body adapted foruse for the storage of articles, a cover adapted to form a table, and aseat having legs hinged thereto at the forward portion thereof, the saidbody being provided in its outer face with a recess adapted for thereception of the seat, and with deeper recesses for the reception of thelegs, and the seat being hinged to the body in the upper portion of thesaid recess so that when the seat is folded into the recess, the upperface of the seat is flush with the outer face of the body, substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

6. In an article of the character described, a cover comprising abase-section and two upper sections having hinged connections with theends of the base section and adapted to be brought into longitudinalalignment with the said base section, the aggregate length'of the uppersections being equal to that of the base section, the said sectionsbeing recessed to form aframe adapted for the reception of a mattress,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. An article of the character described, consisting of a trunk-likebody'and a cover comprising a base section adapted to fit on the top ofthe body, and two upper sections having hinged connections with the endsof the base section and adapted to fold over the base section to be incontact therewith and to interlock with their free ends over the centerof the base, said upper sections being also capable of being broughtinto longitudinal alignment with the base section, the said sectionsbeing recessed to form a frame adapted for the reception of a mattress,springs secured within the sections of the cover, and means for lockingthe said sections the one upon the other, substantially as described.

ABRAHAM BOTKIN.

Witnesses:

J. FRED. ACKER, E. M. CLARK.

